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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Preliminary Plat for 2617 Bobcat Drive RESOLUTION NO. 16-644 RESOLUTION APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR 2617 BOBCAT DRIVE (RINGGENBERG PARK SUBDIVISION, 5TH ADDITION) FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, Friedrich Land Development Company, LLC, the property owner of 2617 Bobcat Drive, requests approval of a Preliminary Plat subdividing a 1.45 acre site that is currently Outlot A from the Ringgenberg Park Subdivision, 4th Addition; and, WHEREAS, the property is located on the north side of Bobcat Drive, south of Oakwood Road and west of Cedar Lane,and the site is zoned FS-RM and subject to a Master Plan Amendment that was approved by the City Council on October 11, 2016; and, WHEREAS,the proposed Preliminary Plat is a layout of 13 single-family attached home lots and two outlots as the Ringgenberg Park Subdivision, 5`'Addition; and, WHEREAS,the Preliminary Plat includes a request for approval of a waiver to lot,block and street improvement requirements for a local residential street to allow for Bobcat Drive to be recognized as a private street in order to comply with street frontage requirements of the FS-RM zoning district; and, WHEREAS,the proposed 13 single-family attached home lots will be accessed from Bobcat Drive,which is not a public right-of-way,but is the sole means of vehicular access for Lots 1-8 and 12 of the Ringgenberg Subdivision, 4"'Addition; and, WHEREAS, the three single-family homes on Lots 10, 11, and 12 have access to Suncrest Drive; the existing apartment lots each have frontage on a public street, but have restricted access to the internal driveway; and, WHEREAS, Bobcat Drive overlaps the common property line of the adjacent lots with 20 feet of each lot subject to an existing cross-access easement to allow for access into and through the overall site; Bobcat Drive is a 26-foot wide concrete paved section similar to a local public street improvement, but does not include sidewalks, street trees, or street lights; and, WHEREAS, additionally, Bobcat Drive exceeds the 660-foot zoning standard for block length and the Subdivision Code street length of 1,320 linear feet; and, WHEREAS,Bobcat Drive,as measured from Cedar Lane through the site to Oakwood Road, is approximately 1,650 feet with an existing sidewalk connection from Bobcat to Oakwood Road at approximately 800 feet from Cedar Lane; and, WHEREAS,the proposed improvements with the plat include the construction of a sidewalk along Bobcat Drive for the length of the subject site connecting to a sidewalk to the west that leads to Oakwood Drive and to the east leading to Cedar Lane, and sidewalks are not proposed along the remaining length of Bobcat Drive; and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Preliminary Plat on October 5,2016;members discussed the merits of private streets and the types of improvements that are desired for sidewalks, lighting, and design of a street; and, WHEREAS, the Commission also discussed the desire for the additional south walkway connection and its routing along the parking lot to Bobcat and its connection to Suncrest Drive and the trail to the south of the site, and voted to recommend approval of the preliminary plat with the waivers,but to exclude the condition requiring installation of a sidewalk to the south between lots 6 and 7 of the Ringgenberg 4th Addition leading to Suncrest Drive. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Preliminary Plat for Ringgenberg Park Subdivision, 5`' Addition, including a waiver of Subdivision Code standards for lot design,block length,and public street improvements for lighting, curbs and gutters,and sidewalks,is hereby approved, subject to the following condition: a)prior to final plat approval,the private sidewalk connection to Cedar lane connection shall be completed or financially secured with written acknowledgment by the property owner(Village Co-op)to authorize its installation; b) prior to final plat approval, to recognize Bobcat Drive as a private street, the developer shall provide a common maintenance agreement amongst all beneficiaries of the cross- access easement within the Ringgenberg 4th and 5th Additions;the agreement is to be reviewed and accepted by the City of Ames and recorded prior to recording of the final plat; and, c)prior to final plat approval, the developer shall provide evidence to the City that all lots within the Ringgenberg 4th Addition and the proposed 5th Addition have a legal right to use and enjoy the common spaces within the Ringgenberg PRD and participate in its maintenance and upkeep;the documents shall be reviewed and accepted by the City prior to recording of the agreements and the final plat. ADOPTED THIS 25" day of October, 2016. A.��.ri�ClCL� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Nelson Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 25t'' day of October, 2016.